Cloth-fold protector.



J. McKENDRlCK.

CLOTH FOLD PROTECTOR,

APPLICATION FILED IAN-3. 1917.

Patented Oct. 9, 1917. Q

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JAMES MCKENDRICK, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTH-FOLD PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

Application filed January 3, 1917. Serial No. 140,359.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MoKENDRIoK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cloth-Fold Protector, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to cloth handling devices and has particular reference to means for protecting the fold of high grade fabrics such as are commonly rolled into rolls or bolts in doubled or folded condition.

Among the objects of this invention is to i provide a means whereby the doubled or folded portion or edge of the cloth is pro-' tccted from deterioration due to soiling from the hands, counters, shelves or the like, or from damage due to exposure to the sunlight or the like. It is well known in the dry goods business that the loss or deterioration of high class dress goods due to the exposure of the folded edge thereofis enormous. In many cases whole bolts of cloth are sacrificed with respect to at least a part of their value, if not all, because of this condition.

Withthe foregoing and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel means or devices hereinafter fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings of which Figure 1 is a perspective view indicating a roll or bolt of foldedcloth, having its folded edge protected by my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a-vertical longitudinal section at the protected end of the bolt; and

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view indicating the protector in its relation to the cloth fold, a portion of the protector being drawn aside to indicate its nature.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings I show a bolt of cloth 10 having in its center a board 11 around which the cloth 12 after being folded along its longitudinal center at 12 is rolled. Fig. 2 indicates on an exaggerated scale the relation of the folded portions of the plies of cloth to the stiff board 11 and to one another.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for The fold 12 of each ply of cloth which would otherwise be exposed and subjected to damaging influences as above set forth, is covered or protected with a strip 13 of any suitable strong and relatively thin material such for example, as high grade tissue paper .the cloth at any convenient time and in any suitable manner prior to the final rolling of the cloth upon the board 11. The protector strip therefore bears upon both sides of the cloth and is held in place by frictional contact therewith.

The strip 13 being very thin adds practically nothing to the thickness or bulkiness of the roll, and in fact in practice renders the protected end of the roll no more bulky than the opposite or selvage end of the roll. 1t willbe understood therefore that in practice the plies of cloth will lie in close contact with one another at all points except Where the protector strip is interposed although the drawing in Fig. 2 being on so large a scale with respect to the thickness of the protector would not give this impression.

I claim:

1. The combination with a bolt of folded cloth, of a protector for the cloth fold, said protector comprising a, strip of thin material applied around and to both sides of the cloth fold and held in place in the roll by contact with the cloth.

2. The combination with a roll of folded cloth, of a protector for the fold of the cloth which would be otherwise exposed and unprotected, said protector comprising a strip of tough relatively thin flexible material folded along a longitudinal line between its edges and applied to the fold of cloth and overlapping the edge thereof, said protector being held in place in the roll by contact with the cloth.

JAMES MQKENDRICK'.

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